The Reddit user taking credit for Trump's CNN body-slam video has a history of posting inflammatory comments

The Reddit user who apparently
created the video President Donald Trump posted on his Twitter
feed Sunday has a history on the sie of posting inflammatory
remarks about Muslims, black Americans, Jews, and others.

That user, "HanAssholeSolo," quickly celebrated Trump's posting
of his video, which featured a CNN logo edited over the face of
WWE CEO Vince McMahon, who Trump went after in a staged 2007
wrestling event.

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"Holy s---!!" the user, who claimed to be 37 in
another post, wrote Sunday
morning. "I wake up and have my morning coffee and who
retweets my s---post but the MAGA EMPORER himself!!! I am
honored!!"

"HanAssholeSolo" posted the gif on
the pro-Trump subreddit r/the_donald last week. Trump's version
included the addition of sound and a "Fraud News Network" logo at
the end, but the Reddit user
noted that Trump's video matches his in terms of how it
moves.

Trump's apparent use of the Reddit user's video continues a trend
that began in the early stages of his presidential campaign.
Trump on several occassions utilized social-media posts from
accounts that promoted such inflammatory views.

One of the most prominent instances came in early 2016, when he
retweeted a Twitter
account with the handle "WhiteGenocideTM," a user whose bio
read "Get the F--- Out of My Country" and had a location of
"Jewmerica."

A 15-minute search of the user's posts from just the past two
weeks showed he posted a graphic
featuring a litany of CNN employees on a chart with the Jewish
Star of David next to their heads. His post was titled "Something
strange about CNN...can't quite put my finger on it."

"If it's not true I'll take it down but on this sub the truth
will set you free," the user wrote,
later adding that Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. "tweeted about
those who are in control are the ones you can't talk about in
2013 and" the president "told him not to say it...so if this gets
taken down you know who is in control."

In a post that has since disappeared, the Reddit user wrote that
watching billionaire investor George Soros' "dead bloated corpse
being dragged through the streets would be my satisfaction."

But much of his most vitriolic postings have focused on Muslims
and Black Americans.

The user commented on a
photo of refugees walking in a column that "there's a MOAB
(Mother of All Bomb's) for that." On a Reddit post
discussing the arrest of a British man for stirring up hate
against Muslims on Facebook, the user wrote, "S---, if that was
true here in the USA I'd be serving multiple life sentences for
hating Islam."

And on a Reddit page featuring Nazi photos superimposed with the
head of a Reddit alien, the user accused CNN of identifying the
gunman of a shooting at a Bronx hospital last week as "a white
skinned black guy."

"HanAssholeSolo" wrote last month
that people living in inner cities "are a bunch of low
information self entitled idiots who only think of themselves and
what handout they are going to get from whatever politician
promises it, not to mention when you throw the truth in their
face they brand you as racist."

The Anti-Defemation League released a Monday statement
criticizing Trump for posting "HanAssholeSolo's" video

"We have been analyzing the online activities of this individual
and found a consistent record of racism, anti-Semitism and
bigotry for more than a year on Reddit," Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL
CEO, said in a statement. "This individual traffics in online
hatred and at times violent rhetoric, has created an image
labeling CNN journalists with Stars of David and has written
about stabbing Muslims among other violent rhetoric."

"When those on the fringes of society feel their messaging is
getting mainstream attention, that should raise alarms for all
Americans across the political spectrum that reject hatred and
bigotry," he continued. "We must condemn these extremists and
keep them on the margins of our society."

Trump's apparent co-opting of the "HanAssholeSolo" video came
roughly a week after the president retweeted a 16-year-old
YouTube vlogger, who focuses on commentary related to the video
game Grand Theft Auto. The YouTuber, "Jeff Tutorials," had replied to a
Trump tweet with a "Fake News Network" logo.